“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
From the author Phil Rickman : The publishers wanted a stand-alone ghost story. Which it is. It totally stands alone, just like the earliest novels. Except they didn’t, quite, did they? Characters from previous novels floated in, although it didn’t really matter if you hadn’t read those previous novels. I became a bit superstitious about […]
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Why? TOO MANY LINKS BUT… I spent years researching George Villiers, F1RST Duke of Buckingham, for my book. And – obviously(!) – came across his gardeners. John Tradescant was probably born in Suffolk. He began his career as head gardener to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury at Hatfield House, who initiated Tradescant in travelling by sending him […]
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Don’t ask. I blame the anti-histamine cream :o)
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This is kinda ironic happening in a way contrary to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this. I LOVELOVEADORE this series. oops. Done that :o(
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For some strange reason, I’m on a Virginia Woolf vibe. I’d fill my pockets with stones and rocks and walk into our pond BUT : I’m due at a Friends & Family Barbecue next week :o)
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I quite like James May…despite or because of his OCD? Dunno :o)
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Ellis Bell aka Emily Brontë was a freaking genius. FACT. To tell a story via a narrator who is told the story via a witness of the events which he tells to us… WOW. Read the book? Or listen to the videos below if y’all are too busy being busy. BTW : Cathy is the […]
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Not making it up :o) Throw in a Carry On Babs. A Doctor WHO? A Glaswegian. And Mrs Hudson Work this one out.
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HOW DARE THEY? Work it out?
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In honour of my youngest brother. On his birthday. How I miss his natural, uncontrollable, spontaneous, infectious giggle! Beanz, Beanz are good for the heart The more you eat the more you…… Oh. I’ve said too much :o(
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Abba Fan in my Room. So. Shoot Me ? I’m loving this video. The F1RST time I’ve come across it. The vid that is. Not the song ;o) P.S. I so miss dancing on my kitchen table to Abba songs with my traveller-in-crime. Sigh.
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Please excuse my cuss word…ASTROLOGY! For the 33rd (?) time, I am Sagittarius Sun, Libra Moon, Virgo Rising and Venus in Scorpio. Which makes me everyone’s worst nightmare. FACT! By the way. I didn’t begin to learn astrology until a beautiful friend told me my placings when I was in my 20’s. Which means that […]
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Hidden History Research 